Korean Chicken Salad

Hello y’all! Welcome to my new Beyond Kimchee site.
First of all I apologize for not posting recipes for a while. Sometimes life throws you with things that are crazy and chaotic. But in the middle of all the craziness, I managed to create my new blog with its own domain name. Oh, bless my diligence… 🙂

If you have been a subscriber with my blogger blog, please, add this site to your subscription again either via E-mail or RSS. Because I don’t want to looooose you… I still have lots of work to fill many pages and re-edit older posts that I transferred. But I decided that I should work things out as I am blogging along. It will take some time. So, please, be patient with me.

Okay, I will stop self-promoting my blog now.

I chose simple Korean Chicken Salad with cucumber in tangy sesame mustard dressing as my very first recipe for my new blog. This recipe is great for many reasons.

#1: You like chicken.
#2: It is very Korean.
#3: Delicioso!
#4: Heart healthy, figure friendly, gluten free, and stress free, I think…
#5: Because Holly (me) recommends it — most important!

The secret of bringing this recipe to be the top notch is in poaching your chicken without yielding any gamy poultry smell. I will show you how you can achieve that. So come along and watch carefully, Okay?

Poach chicken breasts with onion, ginger, garlic and bay leaves over low heat for 30 minutes. There is one ingredient I want to add in this step though.

This is totally optional ingredient. It is Korean red ginseng powder. This gets rid of those yucky poultry smell like no other, and adds wonderful Korean flavor into your chicken.
You can buy this in major Korean grocery stores, or fly to Korea to buy it at Incheon airport (w/ duty free). A little expensive ($50!!!) but makes wonderful health supplement tea (mixed with honey) to boost your immune system.

Shred your chicken into small pieces, cool and let them chill in the fridge until ready to serve.

This is a beautiful chicken salad. I will have to try it soon. I like your step-by-step instructions. We don't have a large Korean store, but a small one within walking distance. I get many ingredients there that are Korean rather than any other...like the toasted sesame oil...and a few other spices and such! So much fun! I will definitely try poaching chicken your way! Thanks!
Nice new blog space you have here! :)

Definitely following on this new blog, and looking forward to more yummy korean recipes (:
I lovet the sound of this salad, so simple and clean flavours. That dressing looks delightful and I can imagine having it over so many other things!

I MUST make this recipe. tonight. I make my version of a chinese chicken salad and tell people it's a korean chicken salad, they ask what the difference is and I reply, "I'm half Korean, not chinese." lol, I crack myself up! Thanks for sharing, and congrats on the new blog!

Hi Holly,
Just stopping by to say that I’ve nominated you for the ‘One Lovely Blog’ Award! Your blog has not only taught me more about Korean food-- it's made me crave it more, too! I love your descriptions of all of the recipes, as well as your lovely photos... so thank you! (For more information about the award, and how to pass it on, please stop by spontaneous tomato.)

Congrats on the new site! It looks great. And glad you're blogging again - I've missed you! Anyway, on to food. Nice recipe! Chicken salad is a great dish,and I like the way you've flavored yours. Good stuff - thanks.

Hi, this is my first time commenting on your site. I am your silent reader who had followed your site 2 years ago. I saved so many your recipes. I even printed it and kept in one thick holder, easy for me to practice. I love to practice one by one of recipes. I am very impressed of this chicken salad. What I wanna ask is when we finish poach the chicken, can we save the broth to reuse for making another dish? Or just drink the broth? I think too pity to throw it, because it got Korean ginseng powder ( I have one bottle in my refrigerator ), since it good for our immune. ;)

Hi Meilani, you can use the broth in different dishes. Although it might not have the deep chicken broth flavor, but it can work well in Asian flavored dishes. I am glad to hear that you like my recipes. Thanks for the wonderful comment.

What a very interesting post! I love the humor. Anyway, this recipe really looks good. The good news is, I have the same red ginseng powder courtesy of a friend who just came from Korea. The bad news? I really need to find one of those Korean dressings. Nonetheless, thank you for this share. Good luck with your blogging!